Where You Are Shapes Your World

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‘We are all mirrors reflecting onto one another. The people with whom we surround ourselves shape us.’- Brad Stulberg

Negative people attract other negative people. They are good people, but they are not living like the rest of us. They don’t think like the rest of us. They don’t work like the rest of us. They don’t even believe like the rest of us. And they are not supposed to. Because we are different.

When you are with a negative person, you will struggle to stay alive. Because you are not there. You are not present. You are in your own world. You are trying to make sense of what the person is talking about.

The best way to keep yourself safe, to save your energy, is to focus on the good side of things. It is to focus on what is going well for you. It is to focus on what the Lord has done for you.

Instead of complaining about things, you have what it takes to make things better. You are alive. Yes, you are still here.

You are alive for a reason. God is not joking with you! The fact that you are still here, it is enough to keep you going. If that is not enough, I don’t know what will.

Protect Yourself From These People

What is your life about? Is it about you? Or is it about those around you? If you want to live a peaceful life, don’t make your life about you.

Instead, make your life about other people, those around you. They matter. They are your real life.

Yes, you have your own life. But your life is not complete without those who really love you.

But if those around you are not supporting you, if they are not healing your wound, if they are adding to your pain, if they are not there for you, if they are not happy, always negative, then you must let them go.

Don’t tolerate them. Do not tolerate any energy suckers. If something is not good for you, then you don’t need it in your life.

If something is not helping you, it is hurting you. If something is not for you, it is against you.

If you want to improve your life, you must first improve your environment. If you are in a toxic place, do not expect anything good to happen to you.

If you are with negative people, don’t expect them to make you happy. If you really value your happiness, your health, your career, you must stay away.

Why is that? Because you cannot get happiness from negative people.